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Table 2 Demographic information of participants

From: Trauma to Transformation: the lived experience of bereaved parents of children with chronic life-threatening illnesses in Singapore

 

Age (in years)

Sex

Marital status

Ethnicity

Child’s diagnosis

Child’s age at diagnosis (in years)

Child’s age at death (in years)

Time since child’s demise (in years)

Number of surviving children

P1

50–59/50–59

M/F

Mar/Mar

Ch/Ch

Cancer

10–14

10–14

2

1

P2

50–59/50–59

M/F

Mar/Mar

Ch/Ch

Cancer

15–19

15–19

2

2

P3

50–59

F

Mar

Ch

Cancer

0–4

25–29

1

2

P4

60–69/50–59

M/F

Mar/Mar

Ch/Ch

Cancer

10–14

15–19

2

1

P5

40–49

F

Mar

Ma

Cancer

Undisclosed

15–19

4

3

P6

40–49/30–39

M/F

Mar/Mar

Ma/Ma

Cancer

0–4

5–9

2

2

P7

30–39

F

Mar

In

Cancer

0–4

0–4

1

2

P8

30–39

F

Mar

Ma

Cancer

10–14

10–14

2

2

P9

60–69

F

Sin

In

Muscular dystrophy

5–9

15–19

0.6

1

P10

40–49

F

Mar

Ch

Cancer

10–14

10–14

4

2

P11

40–49

M

Wid

Ch

Undisclosed

0–4

10–14

1

1

P12

40–49

M

Mar

In

Brain tumor

10–14

10–14

4

1

P13

40–49

F

Mar

Ch

Brain tumor

0–4

0–4

4

1

P14

40–49

F

Div

Ma

Cancer

0–4

5–9

4

3

P15

40–49

F

Mar

Ma

Cancer

10–14

10–14

5

3

P16

60–69/60–69

M/F

Mar/Mar

Ma/Ma

Kidney failure

0–4

15–19

3

1

P17

50–59

F

Mar

Ch

Cerebral palsy

0–4

15–19

2

2

P18

50–59

F

Mar

Ch

Blood clot in the brain

5–9

15–19

3

–

P19

30–39/30–39

M/F

Mar/Mar

Ch/Ch

Spinal muscular atrophy

0–4

0–4

2

–

P20

40–49

F

Mar

In

Cerebral palsy

0–4

15–19

1

2

P21

70–79

M

Wid

Ch

Multiple diagnoses

0–4

30–34

1

1

P22

30–39

F

Mar

Ma

Multiple diagnoses

0–4

0–4

0.5

2

P23

50–59

F

Mar

Ma

Cancer

0–4

5–9

0.6

–

P24

40–49

F

Mar

Ch

Congenital heart disease

0–4

10–14

3

–

P25

30–39

M

Mar

Ch

Cancer

0–4

0–4

0.6

1

Mean

49.35

    

4.73 y

12.06 y

2.21 y

1.44

SD

10.47

    

5.05 y

7.21 y

1.36 y

0.92 y

  1. Note. M Male, F Female, Mar Married, Sin Single, Wid Widowed, Div Divorced, Ch Chinese, Ma Malay, In Indian, y years, m months